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Reality, run through someone's hand and forced to hold still.

means A representation of something in a picture, words, or other expressive form.

from From Latin depingere, to paint thoroughlyde- (down) plus pingere (to paint), the same root that gives us pigment and picture, all caked in the dried color of one verb.

Magritte's warningA painted pipe is not a pipe.
Legal weightCourts distinguish depicting an act from committing it.
Sibling wordsShares pingere with pigment and picture.
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